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Who Is Annie Duke?

If you’ve ever made a financial decision with incomplete information (and you have, because everyone has), you’ve experienced exactly what Annie Duke has spent her career studying. Duke is an author, speaker, and decision science consultant whose work sits at the intersection of cognitive psychology, risk, and human behavior. Her books have become widely recommended reads for anyone trying to make smarter decisions with money, in business, and in life.

From the Poker Table to the Bestseller List

Duke was born in 1965 in Concord, New Hampshire. She attended Columbia University, where she double-majored in English and psychology as part of the first co-ed class in the school’s history. She later pursued a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology at the University of Pennsylvania on a National Science Foundation Fellowship, where her research focused on cognitive linguistics.

She left her doctoral program before completing it to move to Las Vegas and play poker professionally, a decision that would eventually shape an entirely new career. Over the next two decades, she became one of the top poker players in the world, winning more than $4 million in tournament play. In 2004, she won a World Series of Poker gold bracelet and the invitation-only WSOP Tournament of Champions, a $2 million winner-take-all event. In 2010, she won the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship. She retired from professional poker in 2012.

Annie Duke’s Books on Decision Making

Duke’s most well-known work is Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts, published in 2018 by Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin Random House. The book became a national bestseller and is frequently cited as one of the best books on decision making for people in finance, business, and investing.

The central idea of Thinking in Bets is that good decisions and good outcomes are not the same thing. We often judge our choices by how they turn out, but outcomes are partly determined by luck. Duke argues that the better approach is to evaluate the quality of your decision-making process rather than fixating on results. This framework is deeply relevant to investing, where market volatility can make even sound decisions look bad in the short term.

Her follow-up, How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices, published in 2020, takes a more practical approach. It functions almost like a workbook, offering frameworks and exercises to help readers improve how they evaluate options, account for their own biases, and make more confident decisions without second-guessing themselves constantly.

In 2022, Duke published Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away. The book challenges the conventional wisdom that persistence always wins. Duke makes the case that knowing when to exit a bad situation, a failing strategy, or a sunk-cost trap is a skill, not a weakness. For investors who have ever held a losing position too long because they couldn’t bring themselves to sell, the book is particularly relevant.

Why Her Work Matters for Personal Finance

Duke’s academic background in cognitive psychology gives her books a foundation that goes beyond motivational advice. She draws on behavioral science to explain why people make the decisions they do, including why we are wired to avoid losses more than we seek gains, why we remember outcomes better than we remember reasoning, and why we tend to be overconfident in our own judgment.

These are not abstract problems. They show up every time someone holds a falling stock because selling it would feel like admitting a mistake. They show up when someone avoids looking at their budget because the numbers are uncomfortable. They show up when someone keeps contributing to a financial plan that stopped making sense years ago.

Understanding these tendencies is the first step toward correcting them, which is why many financial advisors and serious investors treat Duke’s books as essential reading.

Beyond the Books

Duke is also the co-founder of the Alliance for Decision Education, a nonprofit focused on bringing decision-making skills into middle and high school curricula. She has served on the board of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia and has spoken at conferences for organizations across the financial services industry, including Susquehanna International Group and Citibank.

She is a Special Partner focused on Decision Science at First Round Capital, a seed-stage venture fund, where she coaches founders and investors through high-stakes decisions.

Is Annie Duke Worth Reading?

If you believe that how you think matters as much as what you know, then yes. Thinking in Bets in particular has earned a place alongside the classics of behavioral finance for its clear-eyed look at uncertainty and human judgment. It won’t tell you which stocks to buy or how to build a budget. What it will do is help you understand why you make the decisions you make and how to make better ones going forward.

That kind of self-awareness is one of the most underrated tools in personal finance.

#NowWatching “RBG” (2018) on Hulu

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Directed by Julie Cohen & Betsy West

The exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon.

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#NowWatching “RBG” (2018) on Hulu

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Directed by Julie Cohen & Betsy West

The exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon.

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#NowWatching “RBG” (2018) on Hulu

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Directed by Julie Cohen & Betsy West

The exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon.

#streaming #ad #documentary #biography #history #SupremeCourt #icon #politics

#NowWatching “RBG” (2018) on Hulu

Blu-ray: https://amzn.to/3RvvEbX

Directed by Julie Cohen & Betsy West

The exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon.

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#NowWatching “RBG” (2018) on Hulu

Blu-ray: https://amzn.to/3RvvEbX

Directed by Julie Cohen & Betsy West

The exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon.

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The Tigress of Forlì "Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de' Medici" Sale: $18.99 to $1.99 by Elizabeth Lev Rating: 4.4/5 (1,028 Reviews) #history #italy #biography #renaissance #womeninhistory #booksky #books #militaryhistory #nonfiction

The Tigress of Forlì

Kinda wish I'd read this when it felt less timely

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Master Slave Husband Wife

The 2024 Pulitzer Prize winner for Biography by Ilyon Woo that tells the story of Ellen & William Craft + their escape from slavery in 1848 Georgia. Ellen, whose father was a white plantation owner was enslaved by her half sister, working as a seamstress + house servant. William, her husband, worked as a hired out carpenter for his master. Ellen who was extremely light skinned disguised herself as a wealthy southern planter while William portrayed her slave in order to make their escape. The 1st half of this book is a gripping tale - the 2nd half however looses the thread as Ellen + William travel to England - their story gets lost amid the politics + the stories of other abolitionist who help them on their journey.

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“Michael” (2026) 4K UHD Blu-ray *** AMAZON EXCLUSIVE **** Get it: amzn.to/48E2LQQ The story recounts Michael Jackson’s life beyond the music, tracing his journey from the Jackson 5 to becoming the biggest entertainer in the world #4K #4Kbluray #bluray #PhysicalMedia #biography #music #Michael

“Michael” (2026) 4K UHD Blu-ray *** AMAZON EXCLUSIVE **** Get it: amzn.to/48E2LQQ The story recounts Michael Jackson’s life beyond the music, tracing his journey from the Jackson 5 to becoming the biggest entertainer in the world #4K #4Kbluray #bluray #PhysicalMedia #biography #music #Michael

“Michael” (2026) 4K UHD Blu-ray *** AMAZON EXCLUSIVE **** Get it: amzn.to/48E2LQQ The story recounts Michael Jackson’s life beyond the music, tracing his journey from the Jackson 5 to becoming the biggest entertainer in the world #4K #4Kbluray #bluray #PhysicalMedia #biography #music #Michael

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1/ Meet the man who pulled off one of the greatest double lives in Cold War history. 🕵️‍♂️🧪 Markus Klingberg was a world-renowned scientist, a high-ranking Israeli officer, and—secretly—the most damaging Soviet spy in Israel’s history.
Buckle up for a thread on the epidemiologist who traded biological secrets for "world peace." 🧵
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1/ Meet the man who pulled off one of the greatest double lives in Cold War history. 🕵️‍♂️🧪 Markus Klingberg was a world-renowned scientist, a high-ranking Israeli officer, and—secretly—the most damaging Soviet spy in Israel’s history.
Buckle up for a thread on the epidemiologist who traded biological secrets for "world peace." 🧵
#Spy #History #ColdWar #Espionage #KGB #Israel #Science #Secrets #Military #Biography

1/ Meet the man who pulled off one of the greatest double lives in Cold War history. 🕵️‍♂️🧪 Markus Klingberg was a world-renowned scientist, a high-ranking Israeli officer, and—secretly—the most damaging Soviet spy in Israel’s history.
Buckle up for a thread on the epidemiologist who traded biological secrets for "world peace." 🧵
#Spy #History #ColdWar #Espionage #KGB #Israel #Science #Secrets #Military #Biography

1/ Meet the man who pulled off one of the greatest double lives in Cold War history. 🕵️‍♂️🧪 Markus Klingberg was a world-renowned scientist, a high-ranking Israeli officer, and—secretly—the most damaging Soviet spy in Israel’s history.
Buckle up for a thread on the epidemiologist who traded biological secrets for "world peace." 🧵
#Spy #History #ColdWar #Espionage #KGB #Israel #Science #Secrets #Military #Biography

1/ Meet the man who pulled off one of the greatest double lives in Cold War history. 🕵️‍♂️🧪 Markus Klingberg was a world-renowned scientist, a high-ranking Israeli officer, and—secretly—the most damaging Soviet spy in Israel’s history.
Buckle up for a thread on the epidemiologist who traded biological secrets for "world peace." 🧵
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Capote's Women: Love, Betrayal & a Swan Song for an Era "The complex web of relationships and scandalous true stories behind Truman Capote" Sale: $20 to $2.99 by Laurence Leamer Rating: 4.2/5 (4,006 Reviews) #Capote #Swans #Biography #History #Glamour #Betrayal #BookSky

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Broken Frontier (strong supporter of Indie comics) reviews Musk: American Oligarch, a graphic biography by Darryl Cunningham https://www.brokenfrontier.com/elon-musk-american-oligarch-darryl-cunningham/

I've loved all his non-fiction #comics works. This one took ages to get an English edition, so I originally read it in in a French version (they published way earlier). He has a knack for distilling a lot of research into easy to comprehend panels (with a good bit of humour)

#Musk #Biography #GraphicNovels #BandeDessinee #Bookstodon

What Remains: Fate, Friendship & Love "A vivid and haunting memoir about a girl from a working-class town who becomes an award-winning television producer" Sale: $12.99 to $2.99 by Carole Radziwill Rating: 4.6/5 (5,669 Reviews) #Memoir #Biography #Love #Loss #Friendship #Grief #Kennedy #BookSky

What Remains: A Memoir of Fate...

What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship & Love "A stunning memoir about JFK Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, and his cousin Anthony Radziwill" Sale: $13.99 to $2.99 by Carole Radziwill Rating: 4.6/5 (5,569 Reviews) #Memoir #Biography #Love #Loss #Friendship #Kennedy #Books #BookSky

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Audrey Hepburn. Remarkable.

My mother, Audrey Hepburn: the star’s son Sean on her movies, marriages, good works and fascist parents

The heroine of Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Tiffany’s knew war and poverty, riches and fame, love and betrayal – yet claimed to have lived a ‘terribly boring’ life. Sean Hepburn Ferrer paints a very different picture in his new biography.

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/apr/06/audrey-hepburn-sean-hepburn-ferrer-biography

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My mother, Audrey Hepburn: the star’s son Sean on her movies, marriages, good works and fascist parents.

The heroine of Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Tiffany’s knew war and poverty, riches and fame, love and betrayal – yet claimed to have lived a ‘terribly boring’ life.

Sean Hepburn Ferrer paints a very different picture in his new biography

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It amazes me what a touchpoint is someone's #pic/#bio. I #volunteer for a #NonProfit that produces monthly #sessions about #tech at #LawFirms. Whether #vendors, biz #professionals (formerly "#staff"), attorneys, or NPAs (Non-Practicing Attorneys), people will not give you their #headshot & #biography (#attorneys are better generally).
They make me ask over & over, or they never send, and appear on the #panel without.
Part #ImposterSyndrome? Part de-valuing self/ not worthy of presentation?

It amazes me what a touchpoint is someone's #pic/#bio. I #volunteer for a #NonProfit that produces monthly #sessions about #tech at #LawFirms. Whether #vendors, biz #professionals (formerly "#staff"), attorneys, or NPAs (Non-Practicing Attorneys), people will not give you their #headshot & #biography (#attorneys are better generally).
They make me ask over & over, or they never send, and appear on the #panel without.
Part imposter syndrome? Part de-valuing self/ not worthy of presentation?

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They make me ask over & over, or they never send, and appear on the #panel without.
Part #ImposterSyndrome? Part de-valuing self/ not worthy of presentation?

It amazes me what a touchpoint is someone's #pic/#bio. I #volunteer for a #NonProfit that produces monthly #sessions about #tech at #LawFirms. Whether #vendors, biz #professionals (formerly "#staff"), attorneys, or NPAs (Non-Practicing Attorneys), people will not give you their #headshot & #biography (#attorneys are better generally).
They make me ask over & over, or they never send, and appear on the #panel without.
Part #ImposterSyndrome? Part de-valuing self/ not worthy of presentation?

It amazes me what a touchpoint is someone's #pic/#bio. I #volunteer for a #NonProfit that produces monthly #sessions about #tech at #LawFirms. Whether #vendors, biz #professionals (formerly "#staff"), attorneys, or NPAs (Non-Practicing Attorneys), people will not give you their #headshot & #biography (#attorneys are better generally).
They make me ask over & over, or they never send, and appear on the #panel without.
Part #ImposterSyndrome? Part de-valuing self/ not worthy of presentation?

Your greatest power lives where mind and body meet.

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Your greatest power lives where mind and body meet.

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Your greatest power lives where mind and body meet.

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958. Think About This…(Week 316 – Thursday; 3/26/2026)

https://breakfastclubtx.wordpress.com/2026/03/26/958-think-about-this-week-316-thursday-3-26-2026/

With research from diaries--one of which was her grandfather's--Dana Frazee has chronicled K.L. Berry's life and time in the army during WWII before and after the infamous Bataan Death March.
#nonfiction #biography #wwiihistory #books
https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Bataan-Death-March-Williams-Ford-ebook/dp/B0G77HKHPC/

With research from diaries--one of which was her grandfather's--Dana Frazee has chronicled K.L. Berry's life and time in the army during WWII before and after the infamous Bataan Death March.
#nonfiction #biography #wwiihistory #books
https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Bataan-Death-March-Williams-Ford-ebook/dp/B0G77HKHPC/

With research from diaries--one of which was her grandfather's--Dana Frazee has chronicled K.L. Berry's life and time in the army during WWII before and after the infamous Bataan Death March.
#nonfiction #biography #wwiihistory #books
https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Bataan-Death-March-Williams-Ford-ebook/dp/B0G77HKHPC/

With research from diaries--one of which was her grandfather's--Dana Frazee has chronicled K.L. Berry's life and time in the army during WWII before and after the infamous Bataan Death March.
#nonfiction #biography #wwiihistory #books
https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Bataan-Death-March-Williams-Ford-ebook/dp/B0G77HKHPC/

With research from diaries--one of which was her grandfather's--Dana Frazee has chronicled K.L. Berry's life and time in the army during WWII before and after the infamous Bataan Death March.
#nonfiction #biography #wwiihistory #books
https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Bataan-Death-March-Williams-Ford-ebook/dp/B0G77HKHPC/

Dive into A Life in Words — a compelling biography and memoir that celebrates stories, wisdom, and the art of living fully. #Biography #Memoir #LifeInWords #StoryLovers #InspiringReads #MustRead

Read here: https://www.irwingould.com/a-life-in-words-a-biography-and-a-memoir/

1980s - A Decade of Serial Killers: The Most Evil Serial Killers "The worst decades of true crime and heinous serial murderers America has ever known” Sale: $3.99 to FREE by Jack Smith Rating: 4.0/5 (132 Reviews) #TrueCrime #SerialKillers #1980s #Books #USA #Biography #Crime #BookSky

1980s - A Decade of Serial Kil...

In Tracey Emin's biography Strangeland she talks about her mother working at a nightclub in Ramsgate called Gay Nights - does anyone know where this was? Did you go? Get in touch! #queerheritage #heritagehotline #gaynights #ramsgate #kent #art #biography #traceyEmin

In Tracey Emin's biography Strangeland she talks about her mother working at a nightclub in Ramsgate called Gay Nights - does anyone know where this was? Did you go? Get in touch! #queerheritage #heritagehotline #gaynights #ramsgate #kent #art #biography #traceyEmin

#BookThreads #booksky 💙📚 #bookstodon The Mother of All Controversies. My #bookreview for "MUV: The Story of the Mitford Girls' Mother" by Rachel Trethewey on my #bookblog now! Yes, I actually read a #biography thanks to @PegasusBooks and #Edelweiss! #2026NewReleaseChallenge #OOCZ2026

http://tcl-bookreviews.com/2026/02/19/the-mother-of-all-controversies/

A definitive account of the life and work of Garry Trudeau, creator of the massively popular and influential cartoon Doonesbury. This was such a great book! Review -> #BookThreads #BookSky #BookReview #GarryTrudeau #AbramsPress #Biography #PulitzerPrize #Doonesbury #NetGalley #ARCReview

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